When you think about amusement parks, most of us think about the huge theme parks of today, You know them; the Six Flags, Cedar Fair, Disney, etc. However, there was a time […]
DVD Review: Great Old Amusement Parks – A Trip Through Time
Movie Review: The Candidate (1972) – Playing the Game and Selling Out
Written by Jeremy LarnerDirected by Michael Ritchie We often think that political campaigns where politicians promise all sorts of things and sound great before they are elected then something else happens once […]
Book Review: Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon – High School Students Write Better Than This
I’m not normally a chick-lit type of girl. This book came to me by way of recommendation from someone at the bookstore I usually go to. Knowing my love of sci-fi and […]
DVD Review – All Creatures Great and Small: Series One (1978) – Charming Show in a Beautiful Setting
I can remember in my youth watching All Creatures Great and Small on PBS. Based on the books by the English country veterinarian known by the pen-name “James Herriot,” this series follows […]
Geocaching the Towns of New England: The Rockport, Maine Area
The weekend of May 20th to 22nd was forecast to be a hot one, up in the 90°F range. I thought that would be the perfect time to hop on a couple […]
Book Review: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen – The 1811 Version of the Harlequin Romance
With all of the adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels by Hollywood in the past decade or so, I finally made it a point to begin reading her novels. That’s right, through all […]
Asia: Rock Milestones – More Informative Than Other DVDs in This Series
Of all the unauthorized music documentaries I’ve watched, Rock Milestones: Asia was one that I found the most interesting despite the usual shortcomings. Perhaps it was because I could remember the times […]
Movie Review: The Babe (1992) – John Goodman is Perfect but the Story Isn’t
Written by John FuscoDirected by Arthur Hiller In a perfect bit of casting, John Goodman stars as Babe Ruth in this 1992 bio-pic. The following incidents are based on true events that […]
Book Review: Plum Island by Nelson DeMille – Another Smart-Mouthed Detective, John Corey
I first became interested in reading Nelson DeMille after it was discussed in one of my groups about the town that I grew up in that he graduated from the same high […]
Movie Review: Giant – Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean ~ What More Could You Want?
Written by Edna Ferber, Fred Guiol, and Ivan MoffatDirected by George Stevens Giant is one of those legendary Hollywood movies. Based on Edna Ferber’s novel of the same title, it easily could […]
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